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Aug 22, 2016

Hero Arts 2016 Winter Catalog Blog Hop

Can you handle some winter inspiration? Hey, it's 124 days until Christmas! 3 months until the blazing hot sun and humidity that is the curse of my days turns to snow and ice that is the curse of my days.... have to love the seasons!

Lots of very talented designers, and one average joe, are sharing projects today made with products from the new Hero Arts Winter Catalog. Hero Arts will be giving away three $25 gift certificates selected from comments made on the blog hop (more on the hop below).

I'm sharing two cards -- one featuring the new Hero Arts Origami Happy Holidays stamp set and one featuring the coordinating dies, Origami Holiday Frame Cuts. They are also available as a bundle. Chose to work with these products because they are fun and versatile. The card below could easily be a birthday card by changing the sentiment. Love that. Expect to see more projects on this blog with these items.

For the first card, I stamped the crystal (or ornament) repeatedly on watercolor paper, painted them with Tombow markers and water, and cut out each crystal. Didn't use the die because I did not want the frame around each image. Added Wink of Sella glitter. Adhered the layer to a Hero Arts Floral Mix Folded Card. (The inside of these cards are white and, therefore, look so professional.) Thought about adding sequins but decided that the chances of ruining this were close to 100%!

See? Super cute images.

Here's a close up, with 4 of the crystals popped up.

For the next card, I imagined some airy, pretty thing. Not sure I got the look I was going for, but I still like it.

Used the reindeer die to make a shiny green foil deer because stampers can make shiny green deer, or polka dot deer, or anything we want, right?

Hero Arts is giving away three $25 gift certificates, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. For your chance, leave a comment below by 11:59PT on 8/28/16. The winner's name will be randomly selected by Hero Arts and posted on the Hero Arts blog. Good luck!

So, who else is in this big stamparella? Some major talent, that's who!

You've really showed a great use for the crystal- and I LOVE the foil deer! Perfect with pink polkas!! I've only recently discovered your fabulous creativity so will miss your wonderful posts! Good luck with the cleaning 😜

I wasn't very fond of the origami images until I saw your card! All of a sudden a bright light appeared and I was wowed! LOVE how you did the star from the gems and the colors ROCK!!!! Absolutely breathtaking! TFS!

I love the modern style you gave to your holidays cards ! So fresh and so new ! It is great to see how different kind of cards we can make with the same stamp set. Thanks so much for sharing and for the chance to win.

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